Mahfuzur Rahman

Mahfuzur Rahman

Mahfuzur Rahman is a Partner based in Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP’s West End Office specialising in Real Estate and Commercial Property matters.

Mahfuz is well known for his strong grasp of Real Estate law and for the outstanding service he provides his clients. He is experienced in acting for asset managers, real estate investment firms, developers, investors and portfolio landlords.

He regularly acts on acquisition of development sites, options, joint ventures, and conversions, and he has particular expertise advising on investment vehicles and assisting clients in structuring transactions. Commercial insight is his key strength; he has a keen understanding of his client’s aims and how to achieve them in the most efficient and financially viable way.

He also has strong experience in sales and purchases of businesses within the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.

Clients particularly appreciate Mahfuz’s friendly and approachable personality, which is combined with jargon free communication and efficiency. He is passionate about achieving the best result possible for his client in every transaction.

Our Partners

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Jonathan Roberts
After obtaining a degree in Modern History at Oxford University, Jonathan joined the firm as an articled clerk in 1973. In 1976 he qualified as a solicitor and became a partner in 1982, and senior partner in 1989.

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John qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and has been a partner in the firm since 1990. John has a broad base of experience in the law with many longstanding client connections, and is a Recommended Lawyer in the 2019 Legal 500, singled out as 'a real expert in the field who knows his game'.

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Rakeebah has been practising at the firm for over 25 years. As Managing Partner, she has been and remains instrumental in developing the firm’s strategic direction and embodies the firm’s core values.

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Deniz Oguzkanli heads the firms International Investment Department. He regularly acts for overseas investors in their commercial and residential deals and property transactions in the UK.

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Sarah Hung is a Real Estate lawyer and Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer for commercial property. She has extensive experience in commercial property with a particular focus on investment and development transactions and licensing work.

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Rudi Ramdarshan is a Partner and accredited mediator specialising in commercial and property litigation. He is cited as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 2019 rankings in the field of Property Litigation, with the directory stating that he ‘brings extraordinary judgment to complex commercial issues'. He is based in the firm’s West End office in Baker Street, London.

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Rebecca is a Partner at the firm, practising at our London City offices. She specialises in Company and Commercial work and also has experience in the associated fields of Employment and Commercial Litigation. She is a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer.

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Afsheen Nasr is a Partner at Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP, with a particular expertise in Property and Probate, acting for individuals, businesses and financial institutions. She is a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer.

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Pammi Babbra is a solicitor and Partner of the firm and specialises in contentious matters with an emphasis on High Court commercial disputes. These can involve other jurisdictions, satellite proceedings in foreign courts and foreign enforcement. After practising in the City for over ten years, Pammi is now based in the firm’s West End office in Baker Street.

Richard Burnham
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Richard Burnham is a family solicitor based in the firm’s City Office. He joined Ronald Fletcher Baker in 2018.
Richard has experience in all aspects of family law and deals with divorce, financial settlements and private law children matters. He specialises in agreements between unmarried couples (‘cohabitation agreements’), enforcement of matrimonial financial orders and the law surrounding surrogacy.
Richard understands that every relationship breakdown is unique and will have the potential for long-term financial and emotional consequences. He is known for his empathetic approach and is alive to the cost and stress associated with the breakdown of a relationship...

Chris O'Callaghan
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Chris joined the firm in 2011 and trained at the firm working in the private client, litigation, property and family departments. Chris now heads up the Private Client Department.

Pinar Demir
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Pinar is a solicitor within our Conveyancing department and she specialises in residential and commercial property, including, freehold/leasehold sales and purchases together with re-mortgages and other conveyancing matters.

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Danielle is a Solicitor at the firm’s Baker Street office specialising in Commercial and Property Litigation. Danielle is part of the Property Litigation team recognised in the Legal 500 2016 as “excellent, dynamic and results driven”.

Ben Frost
Ben Frost is a solicitor and accredited mediator in the firm’s commercial litigation and property litigation team at the West end office on Baker Street, London. The Legal 500 2017 has recognised the team as having an “unique dynamic” and “a well-integrated and exceptionally talented property litigation team”.

Laura Gomme is a Legal 500 2019 Recommended Lawyer, specialising in litigation at the firm’s West End office in Baker Street, London. Described as 'client focused, pragmatic and one to watch for the future', she is part of the team recognised by the Legal 500 2017 as being a well-integrated and exceptionally talented property litigation team which has a unique dynamic. Laura’s practice covers property, probate and commercial litigation in particular complex matters arising out of trusts.

Maria Gul
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Maria is a paralegal specialising in Property transactions at our Baker Street office. She deals with Sales, Purchases and Leasehold matters on a daily basis and takes great pride in her work.

Hillay Janebdar
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Hillay Janebdar is an immigration solicitor based in the firm’s City Office.
Hillay specialises in Immigration and heads the Immigration Department. Having worked in Immigration for over ten years, she has a vast amount of experience in dealing with the points based system including entrepreneur and investor visas, asylum, human rights, unlawful detention, deportation, nationality and European law cases.
She has acted for clients from across the world and her clients range from high net worth individuals to those seeking protection in the United Kingdom and human rights claimants including senior politicians and intelligence officers. Her multi-lingual...

Anees Khan
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Anees Khan is a Solicitor based at our Manchester Office, specialising in property related matters, with a focus on Residential and Commercial Property.
He is experienced in dealing with a broad range of residential conveyancing matters, having worked on varying property transactions and has acted nationally for clients ranging from first time buyers to high value property investors. Anees has successfully acted in freehold and leasehold matters, including but not limited to, Buy to Let, Right to Buy, Shared Ownership, New Build and Auction Properties. Anees has also gained experience in Commercial Property matters and has acted in a variety...

Shiv Raja
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Shiv Raja is an employment lawyer and is based in the firm’s Old Street office. Shiv advises clients on a wide-range of employment matters, both contentious and non-contentious. This includes day-to-day HR advice, disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancy, TUPE transfers and negotiating settlement agreements. Shiv acts for both employers and employees and works across all business sectors.

Rokhsareh Vahid
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Rokhsareh joined the firm in 2017 as a Sanctions and Banking Specialist. She assists Iranian individuals and companies in relation to all aspects of UK law as well as non-Iranians with their Iran-related matters.

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